Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think that there is a simple implementation model that accounts > for the observed SPSS behavior. Suppose every variable has a > primary name, which is up to 64 bytes and the real name of the > variable for all normal purposes. Then suppose that variables > that have been read from (or written to?) a system file also have > a 8-byte (at most) short name that is not changed by any normal > operation, even renaming. When a system file is written, short > names are assigned to any variable that doesn't have one, and any > duplicates among those that already had short names are given new > short names (if duplicates are possible--I'm not sure that they > are).
I have prepared a patch that uses this model. I will check it in later today. -- Positronic Functional Android Fabricated for Fighting _______________________________________________ pspp-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-dev
